What did you use your SAK for today?

sonofwilfred said:
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Another partly cloudy day here 430pm. I did get a promising result with a leaf folded around a natural ball of cotton. I got a small ignition but with the surprise of something actually happening I didn't get it into my tinder bundle in time. I do promise to have another go in the midday sun when the conditions are right. Sadly I think the sak magnifying glass is not a reliable fire starter. :(
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Ok, my interest will now be turned into action, when time allows I'll try with my Explorer (gray) magnifying glass...if Macgyver can do it so can we;):D
 
Put a new inner tube in a bicycle tire. The rim strip (protects the inner tube from spoke punctures) had creeped up around the Schrader valve, puncturing the old inner tube near the valve. Used the pen blade on my Rambler to trim the excess rim strip; easy peasy. Remounted the new tube and tire, pumped it up, and good to go.
 
I LIT A FIRE!!!
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Ok so I started with 3 things. A piece of char cloth, a natural cotton ball and a tissue
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Within 20 seconds of focussing the sun's rays on the char cloth it got the familiar orange glow. And a good blow of air it was ready to put in the cotton bud and tissue.
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A few more good blows of air and a good flame started
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So there you go. From start of focussing the beam to flame was under 60 seconds.
Char cloth is super easy to make and carry in zip bags, many YouTube videos about it. I'd recon good dry tinder would work as good as the cotton and tissue. Loose cotton fibres ignite very quickly and easily and go out just as quick. Temperature is 17°c UV index is high at 6.5 full sunlight.
NB. I used the clothes peg so not to burn my fingers, and get some action photos.
1986 EXPLORER was my knife for today
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sonofwilfred said:
I LIT A FIRE!!!
2pEYf7N.jpg

Ok so I started with 3 things. A piece of char cloth, a natural cotton ball and a tissue
hjn9pKC.jpg

Within 20 seconds of focussing the sun's rays on the char cloth it got the familiar orange glow. And a good blow of air it was ready to put in the cotton bud and tissue.
Tc8QKLF.jpg
rk5Tpwm.jpg

A few more good blows of air and a good flame started
NT0grcX.jpg

So there you go. From start of focussing the beam to flame was under 60 seconds.
Char cloth is super easy to make and carry in zip bags, many YouTube videos about it. I'd recon good dry tinder would work as good as the cotton and tissue. Loose cotton fibres ignite very quickly and easily and go out just as quick. Temperature is 17°c UV index is high at 6.5 full sunlight.
NB. I used the clothes peg so not to burn my fingers, and get some action photos.
1986 EXPLORER was my knife for today
redsparrow redsparrow
paulhilborn paulhilborn
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AWESOME!!! this is inspiring me to head out and attempt this:thumbsup: I'm only lacking one thing---SUN:eek: eventually it will come out...Congrats my friend:thumbsup:

Hard to see but there's snow flakes in this pic:thumbsdown:
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Yesterday while cooking, I opened several cans (tomato sauce, olives, corn, condensed milk, etc., etc.). I used my Alox Cadet. Normally, I would’ve used either my Spartan or my Pioneer, but I just grabbed the Cadet because it happened to be laying closer to the kitchen. Only one of the cans had a pull top, and even with that one, I used the large screwdriver/bottle opener blade to pry up the pull ring enough to get my finger in it without breaking a nail.

Jim
 
sonofwilfred said:
I LIT A FIRE!!!
2pEYf7N.jpg

Ok so I started with 3 things. A piece of char cloth, a natural cotton ball and a tissue
hjn9pKC.jpg

Within 20 seconds of focussing the sun's rays on the char cloth it got the familiar orange glow. And a good blow of air it was ready to put in the cotton bud and tissue.
Tc8QKLF.jpg
rk5Tpwm.jpg

A few more good blows of air and a good flame started
NT0grcX.jpg

So there you go. From start of focussing the beam to flame was under 60 seconds.
Char cloth is super easy to make and carry in zip bags, many YouTube videos about it. I'd recon good dry tinder would work as good as the cotton and tissue. Loose cotton fibres ignite very quickly and easily and go out just as quick. Temperature is 17°c UV index is high at 6.5 full sunlight.
NB. I used the clothes peg so not to burn my fingers, and get some action photos.
1986 EXPLORER was my knife for today
redsparrow redsparrow
paulhilborn paulhilborn
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Congratulations... YOU ARE MACGYVER!!! :cool:
Thanks for showing the way. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Sorry, no photos but I used a Fieldmaster with economy scales yesterday to saw through some peg board material. My buddy asked me “what’re you going to do with that” when I pulled out the little saw. I was done before he could return with a handsaw.
 
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Sorry, no photos but I used a Fieldmaster with economy scales yesterday to saw through some peg board material. My buddy asked me “what’re you going to do with that” when I pulled out the little saw. I was done before he could return with a handsaw.
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The saw MAY be one of many SAK tools that surpass certain dedicated tools. When I did electrical, I cut plastic pipe and sheetrock often with my SAK saw vs hunting down a jabsaw:thumbsup: Back then I carried 91mm more often.
 
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